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Chapter 32: Polkka
They ran and they ran without stopping. They wouldn't dare stop running. With Seth and Linda flying behind them and Yubala's and her men distracted they still didn't stop no matter the cold. Both of them were panting hard their feet sinking down into the snow. Cold yet determined they were able to pass the snow side of the mountain and to the other side. On the other side of the hailing and snow fall there were more mountains with clear yellow skies with sunlight and lots of clouds. Reaching the top of the highest mountain on the area they came upon stairs. There Sonic tripped on the first step.
"Sonic," Linda gasped along with Seth and Amy in different times. Amy and Linda picked him up and Sonic blinked multiple times.
"Don't give up now," Amy told him and Sonic nodded holding his stomach. "I'm just hungry."
Amy pouted and her eyes narrowed as she smacked him up right the head. Wincing Sonic rubbed his head as Amy started up the stairs. Linda giggled and followed Amy up leaving Seth and Sonic together. There felt a tension between those two and with that hovering around Seth could only smile awkwardly. Sonic's frown showed at him and he narrowed his eyes at him. "Just because you saved us doesn't mean we're cool." He grumbled at him and Seth looked down feeling shamed. Sonic began up the stairs when he got to the first step Seth spoke, "I'm sorry,"
Sonic stopped. He turned and furrowed his brows even more. "Sorry?! You're Yubala's undercover! You tried to get us killed!"
"I was her undercover, that was until I got to know you guys. You guys are my friends now and I wasn't trying to get you caught but to reach up that tower to your cursed rose to revive it so you could also revive your own body outside this world." Seth defended.
Sonic's eyes widened and all his anger wished away into confusion. Finally getting his attention She began flying upwards the same directions Amy and Linda had gone.
"I know you come from a world called Earth. Your spirit was sucked out from your bodies and brought here with a special potion, but once you arrived that rose was dead, burned brown, because of the hatred you both had for each other." Seth explained.
"So, you're saying I'm dead?" Sonic yelped.
"Partially. Time is frozen at the moment on earth since you are a rare occasion and since you're no dead here, but that rose needed to be a bright red for when you leave here you'll awaken on the other world." Seth said. "I didn't know Yubala had it ambushed. I didn't think she'd know we'd be there already for she couldn't track you guys any longer. I didn't know she was able to again."
Sonic looked up the stairs to see Linda and Amy power walking up the stairs. Sonic sighed and shook his head rubbing his face with his hand.
"You don't hate Amy anymore?"
Sonic's ears pointed upward and with his big round eyes he stared at Seth. Seth smiled and saw as Linda and Amy reached the top and called out for them who were still near the bottom. Sonic began running up and smiled at them while saying, "No, I love her,"
Reaching the top, Linda stared up at two large golden gates, tall that reached the sky. The shine from the gold nearly blind Amy as she looked at it. There were so many clouds a combination of yellow and white.
"Welcome," Linda said smiling brightly. "To Gemnissent's Polkka."
Polkka was like a heavenly world something unlike nothing ever seen in Gemnissent. Amy and sonic gasped upon seeing this place. Sonic chuckled feeling relief on finally arriving to the place where so many people had spoken of wonders. A gold staff was sitting on this place waiting to be retrieved but only by the legendary heroes.
"We're finally here." Amy squealed but then she paused. "But how do we enter?"
Linda turned around to see if Yubala was on their trail, but it seemed safe so far. She faced the two hedgehogs and inhaled. "Alright you two, the only way to enter now is to open the doors-"
Without allowing for her to finish Amy and Sonic smirked. "Don't worry, we got this." Sonic said cracking his knuckles and Amy swung her arm and walked over to the gate. "We'll open it."
Linda shook her head and reached out for them but they were already pulling at the gates. Seth rolled his eyes and looked at Linda. "You never told them about this place have you?"
"I told them." Linda said defenseless. "Only I'm not sure they understood it correctly."
Seth flew to them who were pulling at the gate, kicking it, and Sonic spin dashing it. Seth cleared his throat and spoke. "You guys."
They froze.
Seth smiled warmly. "You won't be able to open it like that."
Amy moved her quills out from her face. "Then how do we enter?"
Seth blinked and turned to Linda who slowly moved forward. "You both have to share a kiss to open the—"
By then Sonic and Amy's face fell and they both backed away from each other. Linda hummed nervously and looked back down the stairs. Still nobody was after them but it worried her to get in far from her witchery. She turned back and bit her lip. "Please," She pleaded.
Sonic turned to Amy who was shaking her head right at him annoyed. Sonic side shifted from Linda to Amy and lifted up his eyebrow. "Really?" Sonic sighed.
Amy's ears perked up and she turned to stare down at the stairs. Shadows were moving up towards them and they all gasped. "They're coming!" Seth covered his mouth. Sonic's hands moved quickly on to Amy's shoulders and made her face him.
Sonic blew air out and eyed her fervidly. "Close your eyes," he told her in a low voice. Before she knew it Sonic had leaned in and she felt the wet texture of his lips. Wide-eyed, her eyes roamed to the side as she saw Sonic back away from her cheek and then the sound of rusty, heavy sound of gates opening. Linda blinked at them, but ran inside the gates and onto the other side. "Hurry, get inside you guys," Seth yelled which sounded like echoes to Amy. Sonic smirked and grabbed her hand pulling her inside Polkka. Amy held her cheek as she squeezed in through the gate that was barely open as she entered the clouded floor. Linda was flying above the clouds looking around with Seth. Sonic let go of her hand and saw Amy looking spaced out. Behind her he saw the shadows stop and yelp and screech. The screeching woke Amy up and she was able to see what was going too clearly. She dropped her hand and turned abruptly towards the gate.
Yubala had her stare fixed at them and her muzzle stretched into a smile, her stitches extending. Amy and Sonic gasped and froze in place at seeing her.
Linda, on the other side, was searching for the staff, flying around everywhere, but she couldn't find it. Everywhere she turned and twirled to every cloud she would see another lost item in this place being necklaces, crows, money, or portraits of mobians and her staff was nowhere to be found until Seth yelled out her name. Linda turned and saw Seth trying to pick up the golden staff. Her eyes mirrored the staff and she covered her mouth shocked of finally seeing her golden staff. She flew to Seth and laughed happily. Seth handed her the staff and once it reached her hands a voice made her turn.
"Well, well, you've retrieve my staff,"
Her eyes widened at the sight of seeing Amy on the floor in front of Yubala and Sonic being clenched by Yubala's hand above the floor. Sonic's feet kicked around, dangling in the air when he was tired. He tried pulling her hand away from his throat but her grasp was too strong. He narrowed his eyes as he took as much air to inhaul as he could.
"Sonic," Linda cried walking towards them but gasped as she paused, stepping back as Yubala tightened her grip.
"Any closer and he goes." She said smiling.
Linda gritted her teeth as she stayed and Seth reached her side staring at Yubala with a firm look. Yubala crackled and walked around in a circle to the right placing sonic slightly down.
"Good, good sister, good." She nodded and stopped. "Now, hand me the staff and I'll allow them to live."
Amy slowly got up with her arms supporting her weight. Her eyes showed pain and on the top on her forehead blood drips dropped onto the cloud. That's when Linda's eyes shrunk and fear struck her heart making it beat ten times faster. Yubala began to grow impatient. "Give me the Staff Linda!" She roared.
"No!" Sonic managed to croak. "Don't give her anything!" Sonic said in a raspy tone. "Destroy her while you still have the staf—"
Yubala's eyes glowed purple and Sonic began yelling in pain something awfully frightening for both Seth and Linda. His body was being burned in energy and seeing this Linda, unable to hold herself, stepped forward. "Stop it!" She cried.
Yubala stopped.
Sonic's fur was burned and he was barely breathing. Yubala dropped him right next to Amy who had knocked out a while ago. Linda placed the staff on the floor and backed away. "Here," She angrily said. Yubala smirked and walked to the staff. "Now let us go," Linda pleaded.
Seth's mouth opened and watched Linda give up the staff. Linda bit her lip and walked around Yubala and kneeled down next to the two unconscious hedgehogs. Yubala's smile stretched even more as she got closer to the staff, its shiny golden materiel shinning in front of her. Her hands touched the staff and she picked it up.
Yubala let out a screeching guffawed and the clouds sudden started changing color a golden yellow to a pure black and grayish color. Linda held both hedgehogs' hands and flew up into the air and straight to the gates which lead to the outside of Polkka. Yubala noticed them leaving and turned lifted her staff up. "Fetch her,"
Immediately the shadows flew up and into the dark skies following her. Linda needed to save them. She needed to keep them alive for the world sake. She needed to hide them and so she took a moment to feel the air against her face. Closing her eyes she allowed one tear to escape her eye and took a long breath before she opened them and her bracelets on her arms began to shine. "I'm sorry Gemnissent,"
From the Shadow's point of view the last thing they saw was a yellow little figure shine brightly in the shine and then disappeared. The shadows approached the place where she disappeared and only yellow shiny particles stayed in the air that wouldn't reach the floor for they disappeared as well.
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Yubala clenched the staff tightly in her hand as she chuckled. The staff was almost her height and it was thin. It was like a cane, but harder than one. On the top of the staff was an eagle-like statue. It was broad and had its back straight holding a staff of its own. You could see the frown on the eagle as Yubala held it.
"AHHHAHAH!" She crackled. "It's mine! It's finally mine!"
She twirled and spun with it as she held it close to her cheek and rubbed it against it. "My precious staff is finally mine!" she whispered her last words with a satisfied giggled. She looked around Gemnissent from the skies and chuckled proudly. She lifted the staff high and beams shot out of it up at the sky. The beam was an electrifying blue-yellow color that, once it disappeared into the white clouds, made the sky turn gray and electricity roam the sky. The clouds spun and were created into storm clouds with rain that shot thunder and lightning. Yubala laughed maliciously as she saw the land of Gemnissent turn dark and cold. Wind blew hard down onto the land. Yubala looked down at the land as it was struck by lightning and created fire in a town below.
Amy's eyes flashed open to the sound of thunder. She rose up from the ground fast and soon regretting it when her head began to hurt. She groaned and hanged her head down as she rubbed it.
"It's over…"
Amy jumped and she turned to where the voice was heard. Sonic was standing in front of the cave's opening that was on a mountain side above a cliff. Outside, she saw darkness of gray to black clouds. She had a moment of Dèja vu, like something from a dream.
"Sonic?" She could barely matter.
Sonic sighed and turned around and walked to Amy. He went to sit next to her on the ground and wrapped his arms around her body. Amy blinked and faced him. "What happened?"
Sonic buried his head on the nook of her shoulder. "I'm not sure, but something tells me that Linda isn't going to come back for us this time." He said.
Amy tensed and she pushed him a bit to get out of his grip. "She's dead?" Her voice cracked.
Sonic gave a look of disarray and turned to the outside. He moved to lean himself on the wall of the cave and chuckled hopelessly. "I don't know if we'll even make it this time." He paused. "Yubala has the staff now, Seth is gone and we're stuff on a cave. Probably better off being safe here than anywhere else though."
"No," Amy gasped harshly. Sonic flinched to her and his eyes widened. "We won't just sit here and do nothing! We are going to find a way to take that staff back."
Sonic crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes. "With what?" He snapped. "Have you seen the power of that staff?" He exclaimed pointing behind her where the dark skies were dropping rain and thunder roared with wind blowing strongly.
Amy turned back to him. "I know we don't have much, but we can plan." She pleaded. "We can do something. We promised everyone we would and I don't want us to break that promise. Not to them…"She grabbed his hands and tangled her hands with his and lifted them up to her mouth. "Nor to each other,"
Sonic sighed and brought her in for a hug. "No, I won't. " He whispered. Amy hugged him back and looked out of the cave and stared at the cold weather of Gemnissent's. Sonic rubbed her back as they stood there looking outside. At that moment she felt something warm and soft on the top of her head. A feeling long forgotten, a safe and warm feeling that made her forget about everything for that slight moment. She nearly forgot what it was she felt, but she smiled and enjoyed the last moment together as frenemies as they knew it.
Only two more chapters until it's all over. Excited because I sure am ^_^
Merry Christmas and until weeks pass. See ya